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World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Semi-Finals; Rasho Retires; Splitter Speaks

FIBA’s Olympic World Qualifying Tournament is coming to a close tomorrow and there are only four national teams remaining; Croatia, Germany, Greece and Puerto Rico, and only three of those four teams will make the Olympics.
The four teams will play in semi-final action today, and the final game between the today’s losers semifinals will [...]

2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Preview & FIBA Forum

Today, the FIBA World Qualifying Tournament begins with 12 national teams from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania trying to grab one of the three remaining spots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics next month.
Follow the intense action of every game, the heated battles, and all the upsets in our 2008 Olympic Qualifier Forum.
So, with [...]

Video: Sasha Vujacic is “The Machine”

Whomever gave Sasha Vujacic the nickname “The Machine” - whether it was Sasha himself (as it’s been widely reported) or Laker staff (Stu Lantz), the nickname has certainly gotten some play around the web.  I ran across this video yesterday at the Ball Don’t Lie blog:

But on the serious side, Sasha has really developed into [...]

With Season Over, Many International NBA Players focus on Olympic Qualification

With only four NBA teams remaining and the conference finals coming to a close, many of the NBA players from around the world are prepping for the Beijing Olympics this summer.
Players such as Yao Ming, Andrei Kirilenko, Jose Calderon, Linas Kleiza, Luis Scola and Andrew Bogut will be suiting up for their respective countries in [...]

Greece will Host Final Olympic-Qualifying Tournament

Athens beat out San Juan, Puerto Rico and will be the hosts for the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament that will be held July 14-20, 2008. The participating teams are the also-rans from this year’s regional championships. The final three Olympic spots will be determined by the three teams that win first, second and third [...]

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Who will host the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament?
With all the regional championships completed and nine teams set for next year’s Olympic games, three berths remain for teams vying for Beijing. And those three remaining spots will be determined by the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men that will be held [...]

Papaloukas Leads Greece in Amazing Comeback

Theodoros Papaloukas Leads Greece in Amazing Comeback against previously unbeaten Slovenia.
Greece 63: Slovenia 62
In the final game of the Eurobasket Quarterfinals, the Greek National Team came up big when it mattered most - the last few minutes of the game.
Greece looked as if they were finished, the majority of the game Hellas played without much [...]

Second Phase of EuroBasket 2007 Continues…

The second round for EuroBasket 2007 is about to begin as 12 teams look to advance into the quarterfinals. Check the schedule below and follow the game in our forum by clicking the game thread link next to each game or you may just directly to our EuroBasket 2007 Discussion Forum.
September 12, 2007
Germany: [...]